Burned-out businesses may get temporary home

Some of the businesses destroyed by the Mount Airy fire could open in temporary quarters within a week.

Rob Scranton, owner of the 80-year-old Bohn Building consumed by the blaze early Sunday on Main Street, said he hopes to house up to seven shops inside trailers a few blocks away. But a trailer may not provide enough space for a dining area and kitchen for the two restaurants damaged by the fire.